The privilege of exclusion and selectivity

[Poplife]

Originally posted by AKA_Monet:
Not everyone will be admitted into their preferred GLO. But many in OUR community have issues with "exclusion"... Do we still have the "right" to exclude persons because the fall short of the organization's expectations? Is it right to select the person we collectively want in our organizations or jobs? Can we as African Americans "afford" the choice to exclude or to be selective?

Just been having these ideas on my mind...

What do you think?

AKA_Monet, since I started looking at AKA I often think about this too.

Because you are a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha, you do retain the right to exclude certain individuals. If a particular organization wants to represent a certain image then they should be able to do so. However, just because a group of people have the right doesn't mean that every instance of exclusion is right (if you get what I'm saying).

Being rejected hurts, and sometimes you don't really understand how privledged you are until you meet someone that wants to be whre you are but couldn't make it. I met a girl this semester that got rejected from the same company I worked for. It really made me think when she said "I can really see why they would hire you over me."

On the flipside, some people can really get a swelled head when they are accepted into something that rejects many people. They seem to want to tell everything that they are a member of/student at XYZ. Quite frankly those people make me ill. I see it this way: You might have something I want, but chances are I have something you want even more.

There is a fine line between snobbishness and selectivity. Some organizations say they are "selective" when they really are just a bunch of snobs. Some people say organizations are snobs when they are really just selective.

I believe sometimes situations call for an "Any man, Every man" type situation like the Montgomery Boycott and millions of marches. Do you think that it would have been effective if only the middle class stayed of the buses?? But, other times it is ok for people to pick and choose. It really depends on the mission of the organiation.